Special Collection: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

 

        We delved into the Storyworks archives to bring you delightful and inspiring stories that feature Hispanic characters, authors, and real-life role models.

El Magnífico

How a teen from Puerto Rico changed baseball—and America—forever 

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Lesson Plan
A step-by-step guide to teaching this play
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Beyond the Story
Students meet the baseball legend
Compare and Contrast
Help students compare the two texts
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The Fight for What's Right

Until the 1940s, many Mexican American kids in California weren’t allowed to go to school with White kids. Eight-year-old Sylvia Mendez helped change that

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A step-by-step guide to teaching this play
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Vocabulary
Students learn words related to justice
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Setting
Help students analyze the setting of the story
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The Woman With the River in Her Hair

Based on a Mexican legend about compassion and acceptance

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A step-by-step guide to teaching this play
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Theme
Determine the theme of a play
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Plot
Investigate similes and imagery
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A Recipe for Disaster

A graphic story written by Jerry Craft, inspired by our 2019 Create-a-Character contest winner

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Lesson Plan
A step-by-step guide to teaching this story
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Visual Inference
Use clues from the words and pictures to make inferences
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Plot
Identify the plot parts of the story
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Ode to My Shoes

This gentle poem imagines the slumber of a trusty pair of shoes.

 

*Find this poem in Spanish in Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems by Francisco X. Alarcón.*

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Lesson Plan
A step-by-step guide to teaching this poem
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Poetry Writing
Understand personification and write an ode
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A Message from Space

Naya doesn’t think she’ll ever be as special as her mom—until she gets an out-of-this-world surprise

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Lesson Plan
A step-by-step guide to teaching this story
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How a Character Changes
Identify how Naya changes from the beginning of the story to the end
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Choice Board
Choose one or more activities to complete
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Image Credits: El Magnífico: Photo Illustration by Matt Herring; Courtesy of The Clemente Museum (Roberto Clemente); iStockPhoto/Getty Images (All Other Images); The Fight For What's Right: Courtesy of the Mendez Family; The Girl With the River in Her Hair: Rafael Lopez; Recipe for Disaster: ILLUSTRATIONS BY JERRY CRAFT; A Message from Space: Art by Mora Vieytes, SHUTTERSTOCK.COM (BACKGROUND); Ode to My Shoes: Art by Susan Swan;